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Obama And The Oscars: Predicting Election Results From Award Shows

Posted 03.01.2012

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This just in: President Obama will be re-elected president in 2012. At least, that's what the newly discovered Academy Awards/Golden Globes Rule su...

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America Absolutely Needs a National Manufacturing Policy, Urges Senator Sherrod Brown

Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kathleen Wells, J.D.

Over the past year, Brown held a series of hearings examining ways to rebuild U.S. manufacturing and is also fighting to ensure that our nation's trade laws work for domestic manufacturing and American workers.

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Diplomacy To Be Used Toward Same Militaristic Ends

antiwar.com | Doug Bandow | Posted 05.25.2011

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Much of the world has greeted the transfer of power from President George W. Bush to President Barack Obama with sighs of relief if not shouts of joy....

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Five Million Attend the Inauguration, Five Billion Watch on TV

David Latt | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Latt

At a time of such violence and uncertainty, it will be good to relish a moment of clarity as we look forward to a future that moves the world away from the turmoil of the past eight years.

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Many Of Obama's Harshest Critics Rush To Praise Him

New York Times | JIM RUTENBERG | Posted 05.25.2011

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That whole anti-American, friend-to-the-terrorists thing about President-elect Barack Obama? Never mind. Just a few weeks ago, at the height of the ...

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Do I Inhale or Exhale?

Joanne Bamberger | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joanne Bamberger

We did something truly amazing last night -- something I never thought I would see in my lifetime. As the states were being turned colors on the news networks maps, the red and the blue did begin to blend together.

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A Bright New Day - But What Now, President Obama?

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andy Worthington

Millions of Americans have proved that they are hungry for change and have elected a president whose very identity bridges a divide in American society.

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Obama's Election, and the Work Ahead

James Love | Posted 05.25.2011

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James Love

As many people have written, if the election was global, it would have been a landslide for Obama, and the reaction here in Switzerland is quite positive.

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Out of Line: At Last!

Mort Gerberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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Read more reaction from HuffPost bloggers to Barack Obama's victory in the 2008 presidential election...

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Thomas B. Edsall

What Obama's Victory Could Mean For Democrats

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 05.25.2011

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Barack Obama will take office facing economic collapse and wars in both Iraq and Afghanistan - a situation which could present him with an opportunity...

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What a Relief -- America Survives

Cenk Uygur | Posted 05.25.2011

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Cenk Uygur

We docked the ship on shore. We're back to normal now. We have re-established the fundamental building blocks of Western civilization -- we have our foundation underneath us.

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A New Era Begins

Off The Bus | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senator Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States. This has been an amazing presidential race in almost every way. OffTheBus has depen...

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Black and Blue: Obama and Golda

Haim Watzman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Haim Watzman

The significance of Obama's victory will be that he has convinced the American people that the selfish, aggressive, and patronizing America of the Bush administration has been a disaster.

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The Bradley Effect? No Chance

Matt Littman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Matt Littman

If I'm wrong on this one, I know you'll let me know - but I'm not going to be wrong. The Obama victory on Tuesday is going to be bigger than the polls suggest.

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Obama Team Starts Work On Presidential Transition

Marc Ambinder | Posted 05.25.2011

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With less than six months to go before he would be sworn in as the nation's 44th president, Sen. Barack Obama has directed his aides to begin planning...

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